Splendrillia otagoensis

Splendrillia otagoensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]

Splendrillia otagoensis
Splendrillia otagoensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Drilliidae
Genus: Splendrillia
Species:
S. otagoensis
Binomial name
Splendrillia otagoensis
Powell, 1942
Synonyms[1]
  • Austrodrillia nenia (Hedley, 1903)
  • Drillia nenia Hedley, 1903

Description

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The length of the shell attains 7.5 mm, its diameter 3 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off Bay of Plenty, off Oamaru, Otago and Stewart Island.

References

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  • Powell, Arthur William Baden. The New Zealand Recent and Fossil Mollusca of the Family Turridae: With General Notes on Turrid Nomenclature and Systematics. No. 2. Unity Press limited, printers, 1942.
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979: New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland
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